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March 22, 2020

CILS International Employment Law 2019 – Vietnam Chapter

Center for International Legal Studies (Juris Publishing)

Lawyers from Tilleke & Gibbins’ Hanoi office contributed the Vietnam chapter of the latest edition of the Center for International Legal Studies’ International Employment Law (Second Edition, Release 8, 2019), an overview of employment law in 45 jurisdictions around the world.

The guide provides information on the laws affecting compensation, hours of work, health care coverage, other benefits, training, treatment of part-time, temporary, and seasonal workers, laws against discrimination, collective bargaining, workers’ participation in management, worker compensation insurance, dispute resolution, and termination.

The Center for International Legal Studies is a nonprofit research, training, and law publication institute based in Austria. International Employment Law is published under the leadership of Professor Dennis Campbell.

To download the Vietnam chapter, please click on the link below.

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